Chapter Sixteen
TESS
Trigger was alone at the table when I returned. Savi took a call from Abigail, who was watching Olivia, and needed a few minutes.
“How are you doing?” I shifted into my seat next to him.
He tucked his phone away and leaned his arms on his knees to rub his face. “Fine.”
I wondered if he was still angry that I hadn’t told him about Joe. As always, he was hard to read. I decided to probe a bit. “You and Mike have a good chat?”
“Yup.”
I took a sip of my drink, but decided to keep at it, even though I risked poking the beast.
“I know you don’t like crowds.”
“Nope.”
“So, why did you do this?” I wanted him to say it was for me. Just once, I’d love him to say he was thinking about me out loud.
His attention was glued to the door. “Mike wanted a meeting, and he thoug
